diff --git a/src/virtManager/serialcon.py b/src/virtManager/serialcon.py
index 43558d5bf..9e5984e81 100644
--- a/src/virtManager/serialcon.py
+++ b/src/virtManager/serialcon.py
@@ -63,7 +63,8 @@ class vmmSerialConsole:
 
     def show(self):
         self.opentty()
-	self.window.show_all()
+        self.window.show_all()
+        self.window.present()
 
     def close(self, src=None, ignore=None):
         self.closetty()